State v. Shelton

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY, for the Court.

Jessica Imran breathed her last on the floor of her Pawtucket home after suffering a gunshot wound to her head and neck in the early hours of July 27, 2006, after two men, one of whom was armed, forced their way into her apartment. With Ms. Imran was childhood friend Julie Lang, who suffered five gunshot wounds. Bleeding profusely and near death herself, Ms. Lang managed to call 911 after the assailants fled. The state argued that the defendant, Alonzo Shelton (defendant or Shelton), and his teenage nephew, Barry Offley, were behind this “planned…